Aryna Sabalenka picked up back-to-back early defeats in a match after struggling a shock exit within the Dubai round-of-16.
Enjoying towards Clara Tauson, the top-seeded Belarusian bought dominated because the world No. 38 claimed a routine 6-3 6-2 win.
All through the whole match, Tauson performed at a really excessive degree as she broke the three-time Grand Slam champion 3 times en path to sealing the primary set.
At the beginning of the second set, Sabalenka appeared to regroup a bit after incomes a break within the first recreation of the set.
However the Dane’s response to that was fast and powerful because the world No. 38 received the following 4 video games to go 4-1 up earlier than gathering one other break within the eighth recreation to seal her gorgeous two-set victory.
Clara Tauson© The Tennis Letter/X – Honest Use
In what shall be her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal, the 22-year-old will play towards Linda Noskova.
Sabalenka went a disappointing 1-2 within the Center East
Simply earlier than kicking off her Center East swing in Doha, the 26-year-old stated she did not have many expectations as a result of she did not have a lot time to organize after the Australian Open.
And after that, she suffered a shock loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova in her Doha opener.
This week, Sabalenka beat Veronika Kudermetova in her first match in Dubai however then misplaced in her following match.
“The schedule is actually pretty tough, especially if you make it to the last stage of the Australian Open, then you don’t have much time to recover and prepare yourself for these big events,” the world No. 1 stated in Doha.
“I believe I’ll just take these two tournaments as a preparation for the Sunshine one, and I’ll try to build my tennis, and probably take my tennis to the next level in these two events.”
Sabalenka now has two weeks off, till Indian Wells begins in early March.
